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- 1/25/2022
Resource on nirmatrelvir/ritonavir for prescribers and pharmacists
The Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table and the University of Waterloo's School of Pharmacy have put together a resource for prescribers and pharmacists on Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir (Paxlovid) and its use in treating COVID-19. - 1/24/2022
Kids' vaccine rate still low despite rampant spread of Omicron variant
Vaccine hesitancy expert Kate Allen warned early on that parents would be slower to vaccinate their five to 11-year-olds than they were to vaccinate themselves or even their older kids, since parents tend to be more cautious when it comes to young children. - 1/24/2022
How I found joy in the practicality of my new pandemic hospital wardrobe
Confession time: I love to shop. I love wearing nice clothes. I like nice shoes. I truly appreciate a scarf with a floral design in the exact shade of fuschia as the stripe on my pencil skirt. - 1/24/2022
‘Never’ or just ‘not yet?’ How timing affects COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
At this point in the pandemic (more than six months after most Canadian adults became eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine), should we declare this level of vaccination coverage as the “vaccine ceiling?” - 1/24/2022
Alberta responds as COVID-19 calls swamping emergency medical response
Copping referred to four emergency calls coming in simultaneously in Airdrie, on Calgary's northern outskirts, which forced one medically fragile boy with a broken leg to be taken to hospital by fire truck because ambulances weren't available. - 1/24/2022
Pfizer opens study of COVID shots updated to match Omicron
The new U.S. study is enrolling up to 1,420 healthy adults, ages 18 to 55, to test the updated Omicron-based shots for use as a booster or for primary vaccinations. - 1/23/2022
Mental health visits by doctors up 27% in first year of COVID-19, study says
The annual rate of outpatient mental health and substance use visits by Ontario doctors increased 27% in the first year of the COVID-19 crisis, a new study suggests, raising concerns about the pandemic's psychological toll across the medical profession. - 1/23/2022
Pharmacists: We’re in the thick of it
Seven characteristics pharmacy leaders can use to prevent burnout and capitalize on the future they’ve earned. - 1/23/2022
More than 330 Ontario schools report absence rates of 30% or higher
The province is no longer publishing information on COVID-19 cases in schools due a restricted testing policy but it is sharing data on absences online, whether or not they are related to the virus.